Meze & Moules
Venue · 19 Sep 2026 · 37 photographs

Zai, Bodrum

Zai is an old word for olive, and seventeen olive trees grow on its grounds. A Saturday afternoon among them in Bodrum: sculpture in the garden, a glass hall, a library, and a neon that reads “I am a stranger of this place”. By the end, we weren’t.

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A grand piano and orange sculptures in Zai's glass hall, a white dog statue in front
An angular gallery at Zai, a large red disc on its facade, seen across the lawn
The two of us on the lawn at Zai, one carried laughing in the other's arms
A stone path to an arched glass doorway at Zai, a dark seated sculpture beside it
A dark sculpted figure crouching with its head in its hands beside a stone arch
A pebble-bottomed water channel in the garden, sunlit leaves above and statues at the far end
A terracotta table and chairs under an old olive tree, woven lamps hanging from its branches
A green Volkswagen Beetle sculpted into a ball, on a pebble bed by a brick wall
The green car sphere showing a wheel and hubcap, seen past a round wooden table
A pale rhinoceros sculpture in a patch of sunlight on the lawn, a stone wall behind
A twisting sculpture of stacked green glass on a lawn at Zai, string lights overhead
A giant copper-toned head of a woman with flowing hair on a black plinth, palms behind
Two sculpted heads in glass cases above a small fountain, water spilling into a pool
A sculpted figure in warm terracotta tones, eyes closed, half hidden among palm fronds
A swirling polished metal form wrapped around rough rock, framed by palms and olive branches
A wooden statue of a girl at the end of a shady path, framed by leaves
A giant carved wooden face in a box frame, dappled with leaf shadows under string lights
A white sculpted figure with a gilded face, winged headdress and golden disc, seen between leaves
A carved wooden figure in copper goggles seated on painted boxes against a sunlit brick wall
An orange bird-of-paradise flower among long green leaves, lit by the afternoon sun
A feathery pink grass plume up close, the garden a soft blur behind
A bright mural of a winged figure, a wheel and flowers, seen past an empty table
Faceted lamps with orange undersides over wooden tables in the glass hall, a kitchen beyond
Bookshelves, armchairs and a wooden table in the glass hall, a tall orange sculpture beyond
Seen from above, a red wrapped-sweet sculpture and a tall orange one on steel plinths
A tall red wrapped-sweet sculpture, with a neon reading “I am a stranger” glowing behind
Sculpted flowers with thick, swirled purple and pink petals on black stems in a white gallery
Two textured paintings in greens and teal, like rippling water, hung in a white gallery corner
One of us walking past a large blue plaid painting in a sunlit white gallery
Small plaid canvases around a large one shading from yellow and green to pink
One of us looking at a large green and black chequered painting in a white gallery
A black grand piano before a white wall hung with plaid canvases in bright colours
A lone grand piano in a white gallery, with two bright plaid paintings on the walls
Packed bookshelves beside a long table in Zai's library, a door open to the sunlit garden
Grey corner shelves of books labelled by subject, a cream armchair and a low black table
A reading room: a tall bookcase, a cream sofa on a blue rug, glowing globe lamps
Two painted busts on a console by a window, beside grey armchairs and a speckled painting